Lounge-bed



(No Model.) A

' E. J. PAHTZ.

LOUNGE BED.

No. 266,717. Patented 001;. 3l, 1882.

Erw/s figa/ML 3g ami-g' EE'rcEe PATENT ERNST J. PAHTZ, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOUNGE-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,717, dated October 31, 1882.

(No model.)

T 0 dlt whom it may concern 3e it known that I, ERNST JULiUs PAHTZ, ot' Boston, in the county of Suifolk, ofthe State ot' llflassachusetts, have invented a new and usetnl Im provementin Lounge-Bedsteads5. and l do hereby declare the same to he described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a top view, Fig. 2 a transverse section,` and Fig. 3 an end view, of one ot' my improved lounge-bedsteads as arranged for use as a bed. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken through the seat portion, while Fig. 5 is another such section taken through the back portion.

1n the said gures the mattress A is shown in part only, it being separated along its middle, from its lower end toward its npper,for about one-third of its length, asshown at a, in order that theportion b, immediatelyin front of the slit a, may be turned upward with and on the movable arm B, to be described, such being to canse the arm, when in an elevated position, to be cushioned.

Thenature of my invention is detinedfin the claims hereinafter presented.

This lounge-bedstead is composed not only of the main lounge-frame O, provided withlegs c and a stationary arm or pillowrest, d, but of two segmental projections, D,a seat-frame, E, a hack-frame, F, and an automatically-movable pillow-rest, G. Beneath the seat-frame E there is inthe loungeframe Oa space or chamber, H, to hold bedclothes and pillows. The two segmental projections D (one of which is shown in perspective view in Fie. 6) are fastened to and project upward and rearward from the lounge-frame O. Each ot' the two seat and back frames E and F is in shape like a common drawer, with the omission ofone ot' its sides. These frames, arranged, as shown, to open into each other, are pivoted at the inner and upper corners of their end pieces to the two segmental projections D, the pivot-pins being shown at e, the same beingin order not only to enable the seat-frame to be raised to an inclined position above the lounge-frame for access to be had to the chamber H thereof, but to admit ofthe back-trame being turned from a horizontal upward into a vertical or nearly vertical position. Each ofthe segmental pro jections D has a spring-bolt,j`, applied to it, and to work through it and into a hole, g, in the next adjacent end ol" the bacleframe, in order to hold the said back-frame in its upright position. by aline, h, going through holes in thc backframe, as shown in Fig. 5. On taking hold ot' the line at its middle and pulling on it the two bolts may be simultaneously retracted.

There is to thc back-frame a ieg, I, which, pivoted thereto, is connected to the rear part ot' thelounge-fraine bya curved brace, r, pivoted to the said lounge-frame and to the leg. ln turning upward the back-t'raine'the leg and brace fold against it, but in turning it down the leg is brought into a vertical position and serves to support the back-trame when horizontal.

The movable arm B is hinged to a cleat, '1, extending across the bottom ot' the seat-frame, andis provided with a tongue, nl., hinged toit, so as to fold against its lower part. The said tongue, when the arm is raised to an inclined position, as shown in dotted lilies in Fig. 4, abnts at its lower edge against one or more stationary stops, n, extending upward from the bottom portion of the seat-frame.

The seat-frame atits outer end is notched, as shown ato, to receive the vertical part p ofthe movable arm when the arm is turned down within the seat-frame.

` Theautomatically-movablepillow-restshown atG is atthe middle otits upperedgepivoted to an arln, q, extending backward from the stationary arm, and adapted to slide lengthwise therein, and when in the position as shown in Fig. 1 to hold up the rest G. From the lower part ot' the rest G two curved rods, s s, project into and slide freely in the back-frame and give support to the rest G. This rest is to be cushioned or upholstered, so as when down to constitute a continuation or' the stationary arm. The rest G, so applied to the arm and backframe, will readily turn upward with the latter and stand in range with it; but when turned down the rest will range with the stationary arm, as explained.

A lounge-bedstead constructed as described can be converted either into a lounge or a sofa ora bedstead, as occasion may require, for when the back, the rest, and the movable arm These bolts may he connected are turned upward the article will have the appearance of a sofa, it appearing as a lounge when the movable arm is down and the back and rest are up. So when the movable arm, the rest, and the back are down the article may be used as a bedstead.

The mattress I usually conne at one edge, by any suitable means, to the seat-frame, and

also at its opposite edge to theback-frame, inl

order for the mattress to fold along its middle with the back-frame, as the latter may be moved upward and downward.

`Ido not claim a chambered lounge-frame provided with either a stationary or a movable back, and having a stationary and one or described, and provided with the vertical front portiomp, to enter the notch 0, as set forth.

2. The combination yof the chambered `lounge-frame C, its stationary arm d, and the seat and back frames E and F, arranged and applied as specified, with the movable arm B, adapted to the seat-frame, as described, and with the mattress A, iixed to the seatand back frames, and separated along itsmiddle, as eX- plained, so as to enable the part of it that may be on the arm B to be turned upward therewith, all being substantially as set forth.

3. The rest G, combined with the loungeframe C and the back frame F by means of the arm q, and the curved rods s s, arranged with and applied t0 it (the said rest) a'nd to such frames U and F, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the lounge-frame C, seat and back frames Eand F, stationary arm d, movable arm B, rest Gr, and the slit mattress A, arranged, constructed, and applied substantially and tooperate as set forth.

ERNST JULIUS PAHTZ.

Witnesses J oHN H. PRICE, EMIL MARGENFIELD. 

